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Flavius Josephus (; Greek: Ἰώσηπος, Iṓsēpos; c. 37 – c. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josephus has received more than 2,865,931 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Josephus is the 8th most popular historian, the 24th most popular biography from Israel and the most popular Israeli Historian.
Josephus is most famous for being a Jewish historian and writer. He is best known for writing the Jewish War, Antiquities of the Jews, and Against Apion.
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Among historians, Josephus ranks 8 out of 341. Before him are Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Sima Qian, Tacitus, Livy, and Xenophon. After him are Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, and Procopius.
1332 - 1406
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 84.56
Rank: 3
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 4
54 - 120
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 5
59 BC - 17
HPI: 83.97
Rank: 6
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 7
37 - 100
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 8
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 81.33
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 12
1922 - 1996
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 13
500 - 560
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 14
Among people born in 37, Josephus ranks 2. Before him is Nero. Among people deceased in 100, Josephus ranks 7. Before him are Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Joseph, Mary Magdalene, John the Apostle, Bartholomew the Apostle, and Saint Anne. After him are Salome, Zechariah, Elizabeth, John the Evangelist, Caiaphas, and Longinus.
100 BC - 100
HPI: 93.21
Rank: 1
100 BC - 100
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 2
10 BC - 100
HPI: 86.09
Rank: 3
6 - 100
HPI: 85.40
Rank: 4
100 BC - 100
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 5
100 BC - 100
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 6
37 - 100
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 7
14 - 100
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 8
90 BC - 100
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 9
100 BC - 100
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 10
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 11
18 - 100
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 12
100 - 100
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 13
Among people born in Israel, Josephus ranks 24 out of 389. Before him are Thomas the Apostle (1), Isaiah (-800), Saint Stephen (1), Saint Anne (-100), Samson (-1118), and Daniel (-690). After him are Jude the Apostle (15), Philip the Apostle (5), Ezekiel (-621), Simon the Zealot (1), Salome (14), and Ariel Sharon (1928).
1 - 72
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 18
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 19
1 - 36
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 20
100 BC - 100
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 21
1118 BC - Present
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 22
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 23
37 - 100
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 24
15 - 70
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 25
5 - 80
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 26
621 BC - 569 BC
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 27
1 - 107
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 28
14 - 100
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 29
1928 - 2014
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 30
Among historians born in Israel, Josephus ranks 1. After him are Procopius (500), William of Tyre (1130), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), and Benny Morris (1948).
37 - 100
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 1
500 - 560
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 2
1130 - 1186
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 3
1976 - Present
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5